UJesu Wehliswa Esiphambanweni, nguMichael D. O'Brien
Ngena emkhunjini, wena nayo yonke indlu yakho… izinsuku eziyisikhombisa kusukela manje ngizakwehlisela imvula emhlabeni izinsuku ezingamashumi amane nobusuku obungamashumi amane. (UGenesise 7: 1, 4)
UKUZAMAZAMA KOMHLABA OKUKHULU
Kuthululwe iSitsha SeKhombisa, ukwahlulela kukaNkulunkulu embusweni weSilo kufinyelela kuvuthondaba.
Ingilosi yesikhombisa yathululela isitsha sayo emoyeni. Kwaphuma izwi elikhulu livela esihlalweni sobukhosi, lithi: “Sekwenzekile.” Kwabe sekuba khona imibani, ukuduma, nokuduma komhlaba, nokuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu. Kwakungukuzamazama komhlaba okunamandla kangangoba akukaze kube khona okunjengako selokhu kwaqala uhlanga lwesintu emhlabeni… Kwawa amatshe amakhulu esichotho njengezisindo ezinkulu esibhakabhakeni sehlela phezu kwabantu… (IsAm 16: 17-18, 21)
Amagama athi, “Sekwenziwe, ”Kunanela amazwi kaKristu okugcina esiphambanweni. Njengoba nje ukuzamazama komhlaba kwenzeka eKalvari, ukuzamazama komhlaba kwenzeka e ukuphakama 'kokubethelwa' koMzimba kaKristu, okhubaza umbuso woMphikukristu nokuqothula ngokuphelele iBabiloni (okufanekisela uhlelo lomhlaba, noma kungenzeka futhi kube yindawo yangempela.) I-Great Shaking ebihambisana nokuKhanya njenge isixwayiso manje sekugcwalisekile. UMgibeli wehhashi elimhlophe uyeza manje, hhayi ngezexwayiso, kodwa ekwahlulelweni okucacile kwababi — yingakho, futhi, sizwa futhi sibona isithombe esifanayo nophawu lwesithupha lokukhanyisa, ukuduma kwezobulungiswa:
Kwabe sekuba khona imibani, ukuduma, nokuduma komhlaba, nokuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu… (IsAm 16:18)
Eqinisweni, lapho kuvulwa uPhawu lwesiThupha, safunda ukuthi “isibhakabhaka sahlukaniswa njengomqulu odwenguliwe usongwa.” Kanjalo futhi, emva kokuba uJesu efele esiphambanweni — umzuzu wokucaciswa wokuthi ukwahlulela kukaYise kubantu wakuthwala yiNdodana yaKhe — UmBhalo uthi:
Bheka, isihenqo sendlu engcwele sadabuka kabili, kusukela phezulu kuze kufike phansi; Umhlaba wazamazama, kwaqhekeka amadwala, kwavulwa amathuna, nemizimba yabangcwele abaningi ababelele yavuka. Baphuma emathuneni abo emva kokuvuka kwakhe, bangena emzini ongcwele, babonakala kwabaningi. (Math 27: 51-53)
Isitsha Sesikhombisa kungaba yisikhathi lapho oFakazi ababili bevuswa khona. Ngoba uSt. John ubhala ukuthi bavuka kwabafileyo "izinsuku ezintathu nohhafu" ngemuva kokubulawa kwabo. Lokho kungaba ngumfanekiso we- iminyaka emithathu nengxenye, okungukuthi, eduze kwe- ekupheleni yokubusa kuka-Umphikukristu. Ngoba sifunda ukuthi ngesikhathi sokuvuswa kwabo, ukuzamazama komhlaba kwenzeka edolobheni, cishe iJerusalema, futhi “ingxenye yeshumi yomuzi yawa yincithakalo.”
Abantu abayizinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa babulawa ngesikhathi kuzamazama umhlaba; bonke abanye bethuka, badumisa uNkulunkulu wezulu. (IsAm 11: 12-13)
Ngokokuqala ngqa phakathi nakho konke ukubhujiswa, sizwa uJohn eqopha ukuthi kukhona ukuphenduka njengoba “bekhazimulisa uNkulunkulu wezulu.” Lapha siyabona ukuthi kungani oFata BeSonto bathi ukuguqulwa kwamaJuda ekugcineni, ngokwengxenye, kube koFakazi Ababili.
Futhi u-Enoch no-Elias waseThesbite bazothunyelwa futhi 'bazobuyisela izinhliziyo zoyise ezinganeni,' okusho ukuthi, bazophendulela esinagogeni leNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu kanye nentshumayelo yabaPhostoli. —USt. UJohn Damascene (686-787 AD), uDokotela weSonto, UDe Fide Orthodoxa
Ukulila okungalawuleki, ukukhala, nokukhala kuzodlanga yonke indawo… Abantu bazofuna usizo kuMphikukristu futhi, ngoba ngeke akwazi ukubasiza, uzobona ukuthi akayena uNkulunkulu. Lapho ekugcineni beqonda ukuthi ubakhohlise kangakanani, bayofuna uJesu Kristu. —St. I-Hippolytus, Imininingwane Mayelana Nomphikukristu, UDkt Franz Spirago
Ukuvuka kwabaFakazi ababili kufanekiselwa abangcwele abavuka emva kokuvuka kukaKristu futhi "bangena emzini ongcwele" (Math 27:53; bheka iSamb. 11:12)
UKUNQOBA
Ngemuva kokufa Kwakhe, uJesu wehlela kwabafileyo ukukhulula imiphefumulo eboshwe ebugqilini bukaSathane. Kanjalo futhi, iveli lethempeli lasezulwini liyavulwa bese kuthi uMgibeli wehhashi elimhlophe aphume ezokhulula abantu baKhe ekucindezelweni uMphikukristu.
Ngasengibona amazulu evulekile, khangela-ke ihhashi elimhlophe; umgibeli wayo wayebizwa ngokuthi “Uthembekile futhi Uqinisile”… Amabutho ezulu amlandela, egibele amahhashi amhlophe futhi egqoke ilineni elimhlophe elimhlophe… Ngabe sengibona isilo namakhosi omhlaba namabutho awo ebuthene ukulwa nalowo ogibele ihhashi nempi yakhe. Isilo leso sabanjwa kanye nomprofethi wamanga owayenze phambi kwaso izibonakaliso adukisa ngazo labo ababemukele uphawu lwesilo nalabo ababekhonza isithombe saso. Laba bobabili baphonswa bephila echibini lomlilo elivutha isibabule. (IsAm 19:11, 14, 19-20)
Futhi emva kokwenza izinto ezinjalo iminyaka emithathu nezinyanga eziyisithupha kuphela, uzobhujiswa ukufika kwesibili okukhazimulayo okuvela ezulwini kweNdodana kaNkulunkulu ezelwe yodwa, iNkosi noMsindisi wethu uJesu, uKristu weqiniso, ozobulala uMphikukristu ngomoya lomlomo wakhe, futhi uzamnikela emlilweni wesihogo. —USt. UCyril waseJerusalema, uDokotela weSonto (c. 315-386), Izinkulumo zeCatechetical, Isifundo XV, n. 12
Labo abenqabayo ukunika uNkulunkulu inkazimulo ngemuva kokuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu bahlangane nobulungiswa njengoba umnyango woMphongolo uvalwa ngesandla sikaNkulunkulu:
They wahlambalaza UNkulunkulu ngesifo sesichotho ngoba lesi sifo sasinzima kakhulu ... Bonke abanye babulawa ngenkemba eyaphuma emlonyeni walowo owayegibele ihhashi… (IsAm 16:21; 19:21)
Izinkemba zabo ziyongena ezinhliziyweni zabo; iminsalo yabo iyophulwa. (IHubo 37:15)
Ekugcineni, uSathane uzoboshwa ngamaketanga “iminyaka eyinkulungwane” (IsAm 20: 2) ngenkathi iSonto lingena ku Isikhathi Sokuthula.
Kuyoba khona ngandlela thile kuleli 'zwe laseNtshonalanga' inkinga yenkolo yethu, kodwa siyohlala njalo sinemvuselelo yokholo, ngoba ukukholwa kobuKristu kumane kuliqiniso, futhi iqiniso lizohlala likhona emhlabeni womuntu, futhi uNkulunkulu uyohlale eyiqiniso. Ngalo mqondo, ekugcineni nginethemba. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, ingxoxo ngendiza ebheke eWYD Australia, I-LifesiteNews.com, Julayi 14th, i-2008
INKATHI YOKUTHULA
Ezinhluphekweni eziyisithupha uyokukhulula, kuthi kowesikhombisa kungabikho lutho olukuthintayo. (Jobe 5:19)
Inombolo “eyisikhombisa” yesitsha sokugcina, okuwukugcwaliseka kweCilongo lesiKhombisa, isho ukuqedwa kokwahlulelwa kwabangamesabi uNkulunkulu futhi igcwalisa amazwi oMdumisi:
Abenza okubi bayakunqunywa; kepha abalindela uJehova bazakudla ifa lomhlaba. Linda isikhashana, omubi angabe esabakho; bafune futhi ngeke babe khona. (IHubo 37: 9-10)
Ngokuphuma kweLanga Lobulungiswa—ukusa zoSuku lweNkosi — insali ethembekile izophuma izuze izwe.
“Ezweni lonke,” usho uJehova, “izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zazo ziyakunqunywa, zibhubhe, nengxenye yesithathu isale. Ngizoletha ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu emlilweni, futhi ngizobacwengisisa njengoba kucwengisiswa isiliva, futhi ngizobahlola njengoba kuvivinywa igolide. Bayakubiza igama lami, ngibuzwe. Ngiyakuthi: “Bangabantu bami,” bona bathi: “UJehova unguNkulunkulu wami.” (Zak 13: 8-9)
Njengoba nje uJesu avuka kwabafileyo “ngosuku lwesithathu,” kanjalo futhi, abafel 'ukholo balolu sizi bayovuka kulokho iSt. John ekubiza ngokuthi "uvuko lokuqala":
Ngabona nemiphefumulo yalabo ababenqunywe amakhanda ngenxa yobufakazi babo kuJesu nangezwi likaNkulunkulu, nabangazange basikhonze isilo noma umfanekiso waso futhi bengazange bamukele uphawu lwaso emabunzini abo noma ezandleni zabo. Baphila futhi babusa noKristu iminyaka eyinkulungwane. Abanye abafileyo abaphilanga yaze yaphela iminyaka eyinkulungwane. Lokhu kungukuvuka kokuqala. (IsAm 20: 4)
Ngokusho kwabaprofethi, abakhethiweyo bakaNkulunkulu bagxila ekukhulekeleni kwabo eJerusalema "iminyaka eyinkulungwane," okusho ukuthi, "inkathi yokuthula" enwetshiwe.
Isho kanje iNkosi uJehova, ithi: O bantu bami, ngiyakuvula amathuna enu, nisuke kuwo, nginibuyisele ezweni lakwa-Israyeli. Ngiyakufaka umoya wami kuwe, uphile, ngikuhlalise ezweni lakho; ngalokho niyokwazi ukuthi nginguJehova… Kuyakusindiswa bonke ababiza igama likaJehova; Ngokuba eNtabeni iZiyoni kuyakuba khona insali, njengalokho eshilo uJehova, nakumaJerusalema abaseleyo uJehova ayakubabiza. (Hez 37: 12-14;Joweli 3: 5)
Ukufika koMgibeli wehhashi elimhlophe akusikho ukubuya kokugcina kukaJesu enyameni lapho eza Ukwahlulelwa Kokugcina, kepha ukuthululwa okugcwele koMoya Wakhe okhazinyulisiwe ngePhentekoste Lesibili. Kuyinto ethululelwayo ukusungula ukuthula nobulungiswa, eqinisekisa uNhlakanipho, futhi elungiselela iBandla Lakhe ukuba Lemukele njengo “umakoti omsulwa ongenabala.”Kungukubusa kukaJesu“ ezinhliziyweni zethu, ”ngokusho kukaSt. Louis de Montfort, lapho“ abaphostoli bezikhathi zokuphela ”beqala“ ukubhubhisa isono nokumisa umbuso kaJesu. ” YiNkathi Yokuthula eyathenjiswa nguMama wethu, yathandazelwa opapa, yabikezelwa ngoFata beSonto bokuqala.
Mina nawo wonke amanye amaKhristu angama-Orthodox sizwa siqinisekile ukuthi kuzoba novuko lwenyama oluzolandelwa iminyaka eyinkulungwane ekwakhiweni kabusha, kwahlanganiswa, nokwandiswa kwedolobha laseJerusalema, njengoba kumenyezelwe abaProfethi uHezekeli, u-Isaya nabanye… Indoda phakathi kwethu ogama lakhe nguJohane, omunye wabaPhostoli bakaKristu, wamukela futhi wabikezela ukuthi abalandeli bakaKristu bazohlala eJerusalema iminyaka eyinkulungwane, nokuthi emva kwalokho umhlaba jikelele futhi, ngamafuphi, uvuko laphakade nokwahlulela kuzokwenzeka. —St. UJustin Martyr, Ingxoxo noTrypho, Ch. 81, Obaba beBandla, Amagugu ObuKristu
Futhi-ke ukuphela kuyofika.
